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12-02-10 | 02:33 AM

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Bezalel

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Originally Posted by AEO

for some reason, it seems to be hard to find a 28/38/48 triple for newer cranksets.

The switch from freewheel to cassette made it possible to use smaller cogs, allowing for smaller chainrings while keeping the same ratios.

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